AUTOM4TE

NAME

SYNOPSIS

autom4te [OPTION] ... [FILES]

DESCRIPTION

Run GNU M4 on the FILES, avoiding useless runs. Output the traces if tracing, the frozen file if freezing, otherwise the expansion of the FILES.

If some of the FILES are named ‘FILE.m4f’ they are considered to be M4 frozen files of all the previous files (which are therefore not loaded). If ‘FILE.m4f’ is not found, then ‘FILE.m4’ will be used, together with all the previous files.

Some files may be optional, i.e., will only be processed if found in the include path, but then must end in ‘.m4?’; the question mark is not part of the actual file name.

SEE ALSO

The Debian project regards the full documentation for autom4te to be non-free, so it is not included in Debian. Nevertheless, the non-free distribution that accompanies Debian includes the manual in its autoconf-doc package. Otherwise, you may be able to access the Autoconf manual online.